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Psalms 69:3
3I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing, I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me.
Psalms 69:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- New International Version (NIV)I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Context of Psalms 69:3
1For the music director, on “Lilies,” of David. 2Save me, O God, for the waters have reached my soul. I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing, I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me. 4I am worn out by my crying, my throat is parched, my eyes fail, waiting for my God. 5Those who hate me without a cause outnumber the hairs of my head. Powerful are my enemies who would destroy me with lies. What I did not steal, must I restore?
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:3 word by word
יָגַ֣עְתִּי בְקָרְאִי֮ נִחַ֪ר גְּר֫וֹנִ֥י כָּל֥וּ עֵינַ֑י מְ֝יַחֵ֗ל לֵאלֹהָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I am wearyיָגֵעַyâga‛ · be weary/toilH3021
- of my cryingקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call outH7121
- my throatגָּרוֹןgârôn gârôn · throatH1627
- is driedחָרַרchârar · to scorchH2787
- mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- failכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: expendH3615
- while I waitיָחַלyâchal · to wait: waitH3176
- for my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
Cross-references for Psalms 69:3
- Psalms 6:6For there is no memory of You in death, in Sheol who will praise You?
- Psalms 13:1For the music director, a psalm of David.
- Psalms 22:2My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Distant from my salvation are the words of my groaning.
- Hebrews 5:7In the days of His life on earth, Yeshua offered up both prayers and pleas, with loud crying and tears, to the One able to save Him from death; and He was heard because of His reverence.
- Psalms 69:21Scorn has broken my heart, so I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but found none.
- Psalms 22:15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax— melting within my innards.
- John 19:28After this, when Yeshua knew that all things were now completed, to fulfill the Scripture He said, “I am thirsty.”
- Psalms 119:82My eyes are worn out longing for Your promise, saying, “When will You comfort me?”
- Deuteronomy 28:32“Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while your eyes look on, longing for them all day long—but your hand will be powerless.
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath.”
- Job 16:16my face is red from weeping, and on my eyelids are deep darkness;
- Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane, I whisper, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary, looking upward. Adonai, I am oppressed, be my security!
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes are filled with tears. My stomach is in torment. My heart is poured out on the ground over the destruction of the daughter of my people— as young children and infants languish in the city squares.
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness protect me—for I wait for You.
- Psalms 39:7Everyone goes about as a mere phantom. Surely they are making an uproar in vain, heaping up stuff— yet not knowing who will gather it.
Commentaries on Psalms 69:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I am weary of my crying - A pathetic description of the state of the poor captives for about seventy years.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I am weary of my crying - The word “crying” here does not mean weeping, or shedding tears, but calling upon God for help. He had grown weary; his strength had been exhausted in the act of calling upon God to assist him. See the notes at Psalm 6:6. This was an instance where one had called so long on God, and prayed so much and so earnestly, that his strength was gone. Compare Matthew 26:41. My throat is dried - Or, “is parched up.” The Hebrew word denotes…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36In this personal lament, the poet shares his vulnerability, humiliation, and deep pain. He asks God to defend him for the sake of the righteous.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. (Compare Psa 6:6). mine eyes fail--in watching (Psa 119:82).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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